WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TAKE THIRD PLACE AT PURCHASE INVITATIONAL

September 10, 2016

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TAKE THIRD PLACE AT PURCHASE INVITATIONAL

Purchase, N.Y. (9/10/16) The Dominican College women's cross country team took third place this morning in the Purchase Invitational. The 5k race was hosted by SUNY Purchase.

Purchase, N.Y. (9/10/16) The Dominican College women's cross country team took third place this morning in the Purchase Invitational. The 5k race was hosted by SUNY Purchase.

Farmingdale State won the team title with a score of 45, followed by Mount St. Mary (63). Dominican took third with a team score of 70, while FDU-Florham (103) and Pratt Institue (130) rounded out the top five teams.

Freshman Kaitlynn Connor (Warwick, N.Y.) was the top finisher for the Lady Chargers as she took 4th place overall with a time of 21:42.5.

Senior Emily Lopez* (Staten Island, N.Y.) was right behind her as she finished fifth with a time of 21:55.7.

Jessica Graci (Staten Island, N.Y.) took 10th place with a time of 22:55.1.

Christina Burgos (Staten Island, N.Y.) ran the course in a time of 24:57.0 to finish in 25th place, while Jennifer Heller (Butler, N.J.) took 33rd place with a time of 25:26.0.

Freshman Allison Moroney (Pearl River, N.Y.) finished in 37th place with a time of 26:00.0 and Mary Curatolo (Staten Island, N.Y.) took 45th place with a time of 26:53.0.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.